The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-05-29
UTAH Is AN EMPIRE.

y "a t1ACy hAOSO oIA0 cOAA W 62 OONSAS~
( with sage brush, except along the i'm
/ petuous mountain brooks, where g
stunted growth of timber was found
and along the meandering streams OF
the lower levels, where wild grasses
. either grew in luxuriance or struggled
for existence, depending upon the near
ness of the water; the frontier settle
ment of an adventurous people. 200
miles to the eastward; while nearly the
same distance in the other direction,
along the tropical shores Of the Pacific,
few Spanish rancheros and mission
padres not aroused by the approach of
strife, dreamed peacefully amidst their
cattle or surrounded by their groves
and vineyards; "a solitude over which
the rugged peaks OF the Wasatch stood
sentry; the Indians and the coyote the
undisputed occupants of its mountain
Businesses such was the Salt Lake
Valley, when forty years ago, the Pho
neers emerged from Emigration Canyon
into the land of their destiny, They
did not doubt the inspiration OF their
leader, when he exclaimed, Here we
rest:" they felt that God, in these '"ost
days." as Micah had predicted,
hidden "his people in the chambers O.
the mountains had established Ibis p,
house on the tops Of the mountains"
and exalted lit above the hills"
They were undismayed by the mani
fold difficulties of a region known as
the Great American Desert; they dis
regarded the cherries representations
of Jim Bridger, who offered thousand
dollars for the first ear of corn raised
in valley he thought to be unpro-
ductive, and planted few acres before
rest or dinner on the day of their ar
rival.
A strange transformation has crept
over all this, the solitary places" have i,
been "made glad" the wilderness" has !
been made to blossom as the rose" c
and the desert" has been converted
nto fruitful field" :
To-day there is no more beautiful t
Gene in the world than tie highly {
cultivated valley of the Salt Lake, with I.
is picturesque city, and its many farms :
nd villages; nature and art have joined
n identifying it.
What IS seen in this valley, is seen in
his or that stage of development, in
very county, from Cache in the north
Washington in the south. Irriga !
on has been necessary everywhere
nd, consequently, hundreds of miles
canals and thousands of miles
bitches have been constructed. Agri- T
llture alone has not engaged the al
ntlon of the people. Stock-raising has
zen extensively pursued, and great
re has been taken and much money
pended in the importation of the X
lest breeds of stock, so that we NAV
sert, without fear of dispute, that the
'rses, cattle, sheep and pigs of Utah
erage far ahead of the stock of sur ID,
unding States and Territories. Manu-
curing has been encouraged and is
urlshing to a degree that must be
nsidered marvellous in view of the in us
ICY OF the settlement of the Terri =
y. Our wooden manufactures in II
rticular have been successful both in
antity and quality. But in third
pect also Utah has distinguished her. n
t. Among the States producing pre- -
us metals, Utah stands high, and At
has been accomplished without IN
ious effort.
'ut brilliant as the past has been in
iculture, manufacturing, mining,
stock-raising, the past will not bear
nparison with the future. ,
and now occupied will become more
,kly populated, while we see that
' agricultural regions are now being A
opened up in the Territory.
The east the Ashley's Fork country, -
The southeast Emery and San Juan
mites, in the northwest the Goose -
Elk country. Stock will continue 10 -
and will improve in grade
- AhSAS ooAA6 III AuhUSIS. 1u6
er powers along the mountain
ans and the coal deposits that I'M
lie SO much of the Territory, will be
i in the manufacture of our various
eral and agricultural products.
h a climate more healthful and
,eable than that of any lower or
Ter altitude, or that of any warmer
older country; with bathing more
SAINT than that of the ocean; with
lntain scenery and resorts, and the
nal snow in every direction at few
IS distance from lines of travel:
| mineral springs, Utah must be- "
e the nations sanitarium. The
tness of Utah is inevitable; she "A
sufficiently endowed to become
empire. and her prosperity =
be rapidly and materially in
sed because her distance from older
Let every land owner
ider the future of Utah and cling <s
anl ~